A Force for Change—UN Women: Benefit Auction 2021
July 27 - July 31, 2021
Open to the public 27–31 July 2021 at Agora Gallery, the exhibition includes 26 works by prominent and emerging female artists of African descent to recognize and elevate awareness of the transformative power of Black women’s art in social justice movements, and to support UN Women’s nascent global Black Women’s Programme. Works by artists Cinthia Sifa Mulanga, Tschabalala Self, Sungi Mlengeya, Wangari Mathenge, Zanele Muholi, and Selly Rabe Kane are included, among many others. The exhibition will be accompanied by online discussions on the role of artists in social justice movements and Black Women and the Art Market.
Zohra Opoku
Akosua Adoma Owusu
Andrea Chung
Ayan Farah
Cassi Namoda
Cinthia Sifa Mulanga
Deborah Roberts
Esther Mahlangu
Janaína Barros
Joana Choumali
Joiri Minaya
Nandipha Mntambo
Phoebe Boswell
Rosana Paulino
Selly Raby Kane
Sheena Rose
Shinique Smith
Sungi Mlengeya
Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi
Tschabalala Self
Virginia Chihota
Wangari Mathenge
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
Yelaine Rodriguez
Zina Saro-Wiwa